BBC - MYTHS AND HEROES: THE QUEEN OF SHEBA: Ancient Marib, Capital of the Sabaeans,, Yemen

Ancient Marib, Capital of the Sabaeans,, Yemen

There is a palpable sense of mystery and antiquity here amongst the ruins of Marib. Here, in the middle of some of the most inhospitable desert on earth, there lived three thousand years ago a sophisticated urban population of between 30 and 60,000, surrounded by lush gardens, orchards and farmland.